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Remote Sensing

Visible Earth: data base of earth images acquired by NASA. 

NASA's Earth Observatory. 

1km² AVHRR Fires: contains data and images in the years 92 and 93. 

4 km² AVHRR Fires: contains data and images of only Tropical and Sub-tropical zones (+/-40° from the equator,  available from 1998 to 2001.

OSEI's Fire Event: produces imagery of controlled wildfires.

MODIS: official home page of the sensor MODIS.

Wildland Fire Assessment System : a system developed by USDA to assess Wildland fires.

Landsat7: official home page of Landsat 7. 

Landsat Data: Multispectral scanner Landsat data.

Forestry application for remote sensing: Canadian research web site that houses a number of remote sensing applications in forestay. 

ATSR: official home page of the sensor ATSR.

Forest Fires

National Interagency Fire Center: a web site put together by several federal agency to enhance forest fires management and control.

Case Studies

Remote Sensing on Forest fire: a case study involves using remote sensing in forest fires management.

Use of ERS SAR and ATSR: Deforestation evaluation by synergetic use of ERS SAR coherence and ATSR hot spots: The Indonesia fire event of 1997.

Methodologies

Methodology used in MODIS: detailed explanation of the algorithm used in MODIS to determine burnt area and hot spots. 

Methodology used in ATSR-2: detailed explanation of the algorithm used in ATSR-2 to determine burnt area and hot spots.